Tsum Valley Trek

Upon your arrival in the Kathmandu airport (TIA) you will be greeted by a representative from Everest View Treks & Expedition. After completing your custom formalities (Visa, etc) pick up your luggage and look for our representative with a Everest View Treks & Expedition display board at the arrival gate. You will be then transferred to Hotel Shanker or a similar category hotel. After checking in, you will visit EVT office, meet your trekking leader as well as other participants and make final preparations for the trip. In the evening, there will be a welcome dinner hosted by EVT. For dinner, you will be served excellent authentic Nepalese cuisine which will introduce you to the Nepalese food culture. include B/B.

We  take private Jeep service to reach Arughat Bazar. Half of this road is Offroad and little bit rugged trail. We pass through many zig zag road, lots mountain and severl small big rivers including Budi Gandaki Gorge. A lot of ascending and descending through the forest and village we reach arughat bazar on the beach of Budi Gandaki River then continue drive 1 hour to sotikhola Pass the terraced rice fields to Gurung village, climb behind a rocky outcrop to School and drop to the Machha khola. The narrow trail passes a waterfall and makes some minor ups and downs to rocky ravine Machha Khola. Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

The valley is streamly steep and the trail climbs over a small ridge then descends to Tatopani (hot spring). There are a lot of ups and downs for the day; crossing the bridge over Buri gandaki and some other river as well rocky trail passes big landslide, Dhovan Duman, Yuru khola Tharo bhanjyang to Jagat. overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

We make an entry into restricted region of Manaslu and Tsum Valley by registering the Permit in checkpoint at Jagat. We climb over a ridge to Salleri. We walk a bit along the riverbank, cross the Budhi Gandaki River on a long suspension bridge. As we continue to walk , the valley widens heading towards Philim. As we pass by Ekle Bhatti, trail get separated toward Tsum and Manaslu. Pass through the welcome board and hike up toward Lokpa. We meet few villages. Rivers become narrow as we meet to the confluence of the Syar Rivers from Tum vallley. We turn right from Tsum valley to reach Lokpa village, first village in Tsum valley that provides a chance to see Manaslu range. From Lokpa, slaughtering of animal is strictly prohibited, it’s complete isolation hidden valley of happiness blessed by Padmashamva centuries ago. Stunning view of Himalchuli and Boudha Himal can be observed from Lokpa village. We spend Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

After having had breakfast, we start walking from Lokpa village- entrance to wild route to Tsum valley. In the route from Lokpa to Chumling on the clear day, the view of Baudha Himal(6672m) and Ganesh Himal VI is seen very clearly. Trial descends to Lungwa river valley, then climb up through silence tropical forest of dense rhododendron and pine to Gumling. No villages are passed on the way between Lokpa to Gumling. Trial separates at Gumling. We cross again Syar Khola and arrive at the village of Chumling. Late afternoon, side trip to upper part of Chumling to visit monastery is the best for view of Ganesh Himal. Chumling has three monasteries of Panago Gumba, Mani Dhungyur and Gurwa Gumba. There is a telephone service and health post too. Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

Today, we enter to upper valley, part of the Inner Himalaya. The trial continues along the Syar River down to Domje and then rises over 500 metres to the largest city in Tsum valley. A pretty village of Gho has unusual Gomba. From there we will continue our uphill climbing and then trek to arrive at Chhokangparo. On a clear day we can have magnificent views of Himalchuli and Ganesh Himal from Chhokangparo. From Chhokangparo, where we will have the opportunity to have hospitality of local people (Tibetan group “Tsombo”) welcoming with traditional Tibetan Chiya (butter tea) and local meal. We spend Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

We walk relatively shorter than previous days. Nile, on the western, sun-side of the Shikhar Khola, about 20 minutes walk across from Chhule, is the last village heading north in the upper Tsum Valley. As we go up, the valley becomes fertile, narrow, and we see people busy in farming. After passing Lamagaon, there is Piren Phu cave of St. Milarepa where his footprint is still preserved and noticeable in the rock. Piren Phu(pigeon cave) is one of the most sacred caves in the Tsum valley on the side of a rugged cliff mountain, with great views of the valley from the cave monastery, near the village of Burji. There are two separate Gumbas attached to the rocky cave. Richly painted Buddhist murals, excellent artistic scripts carved on stones, long prayer flags and significant Buddhists paper scripts make this cave one of the most important socio-cultural asset in the valley. Then, we head towards the crossing of the suspension bridge over Shiar River and continue our trek through several villages to finally cross a bridge and arrive at Nile. We spend. Overnight at Tea house include meal B/L/D.

A short walk from Nile along the west bank of the valley close to Tibetan border reaches easily to Mu Gompa, the highest point of Tsum valley trek. We hike up through yak pastures through typical dry and arid Trans Himalayan Terrain. The monastery has rows of Chortens and beautiful mountain views and houses. The historical Dephyudonma monastery connected with the dawn of Buddhism run by Lama, on the lap of the rugged mountains, is one of the oldest monasteries in the Tsum. There are few drinking facilities. Back to Nile We spend. Overnight at Monastry  include meal B/L/D.

Continue south until a bridge crosses to the west bank then descend again to Chhokangparo. Drop below Chhokangparo on the previous trail for about 2hrs, until a small gompa is reached at Gho (2485m). Then taking the northern route in the lower Tsum Valley, we finally arrive at Chumje via Yaju.Overnight at Basic Tea house include meal B/L/D.

Chumje for Bihi (3130 m/10,266ft): 4/5 hrs:

From Chumje, we continue on the northern route in the lower Tsum Valley.  Pass the village of Dorjon Kharka just before reaching Rana. Crosss the large suspension bridge in the main valley of the Manaslu Budhi Gandaki River. If interested, walk further up to the village of Bihi.Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

The initial part of today's trek is on a relatively flat terrain. Soon, the trail moves uphill through the forest path. Thus we arrive at Namrung while enjoying at the same time the magnifiscent views of Manaslu, among others. Overnight at Guest house include meal B/L/D.

Today’s trek is culturally quite a significant one. The trail follows the Buri Gandaki Valley You can take a break enjoying the views and then continue crossing the Budhi Gandaki several times, encountering several gompas along the way. The trail follows the river upstream through dense forest and leads to a narrow gorge. Continue until the forest becomes less dense. This rewarding section of the walk offers a magnificent experience of the Manaslu Conservation Area

After breakfast, we start  drive back to Kathmandu better to hole on the left pane of the vehicle to enjoy the scenery through the route. To celebrate the successful completion of our journey, we will have a farewell dinner at a Nepali typical restaurant/ bar and back to the hote